The John Carroll Blue Streaks continued to keep its offense in high gear as they took down Division II Saginaw Valley State Cardinals, 5-0, Friday evening at Don Shula Stadium.

Box Score

The Streaks have now opened the 2009 season with 11 unanswered goals starting with a 6-0 win over Malone College on Tuesday. 

Getting things started for John Carroll was sophomore forward Corey Rider, who netted his first marker of the season at 12:49 of the first half. Speeding through the SVSU defense, Rider received a crisp pass from junior Andrew Fatigati and buried the ball in the back of the net.

Junior Brendan McCreary was next up, heading in a ball at the 30:34 mark for his first career tally.

The second half began with two quick scores, the first from Rider at 51:22, and the next from freshman speedster Thor Eriksen at the 58:00 mark of the game. 

Capping off the scoring for Carroll was senior Joshuah Tatro, who tallied his first-career goal off a pass from Kyle Seth following a corner kick from Brendan McCreary. 

John Carroll Blue Streaks goalkeeper senior Matt DeMarchi, for the second consecutive game, had to make just one save.

The Blue Streaks outshot the Cardinals, 12-2, in improving to 2-0 on the season, while SVSU fell to 0-2-1.